Orthodontic Certifying Boards

In an effort to encourage board certification among orthodontists around the world, the WFO Committee on National and Regional Orthodontic Boards has been collecting information on orthodontic certifying boards for the past several months. Now, as a result of the committee’s efforts, the WFO has identified the 12 orthodontic certifying boards that are serving the specialty.

The committee’s next project is to establish prototype guidelines for orthodontic board bylaws and examination criteria that would assist in the formation of new boards.

Fourteen WFO Fellows now serve on the Committee on National and Regional Orthodontic Boards. In March 2008, the WFO Executive Committee appointed Dr. Gauri Vichare of the Indian Board of Orthodontics to serve on this committee.  The web sites of the certifying boards are also listed below.
           
Orthodontic Certifying Boards of the World

American Board of Orthodontics: www.americanboardortho.com

Argentinean Board of Orthodontics: http://www.ortodoncia.org.ar/    

Australasian Orthodontic Board: www.aso.org.au/AOB/AOB_Docs/AOB.htm

Brazilian Board of Orthodontics: www.bbo.org.br

European Board of Orthodontics: www.eoseurope.org

French Board of Orthodontics: no Web site

German Board of Orthodontics: www.german-board.de

Indian Board of Orthodontics: www.indianorthodonticsociety.org/indian_board_of_orthodontics.htm

Italian Board of Orthodontics: www.sido.it

Korean Board of Orthodontics  www.kao.co.kr

Mexican Board of Orthodontics: www.consejomexicanodeortodoncia.com

Philippine Board of Orthodontics: www.phbo.org

Taiwan Board of Orthodontics: www.tao.org.tw

Thai Board of Orthodontics: www.dentalcouncil.or.th/main/index.php

E-mail Addresses for Presidents of Certifying Boards

Dr. Peter C. Greco,  pgrecodmd@aol.com, American Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Jose Carlos Elgoyhen, elgoyhen@datamarkets.com.ar, Argentinean Board of Orthodontics

Dr. John Michele Razza,  mikerazza@uwa.edu.au Australasian Orthodontic Board

Dr. Nelson Mucha,  nelsonmucha@wnetrj.com.br, Brazilian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Frank Weiland, frank@weiland.at, European Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Patricia Lambrey, p.lambrey@wanadoo.fr, French Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Barbel Kahl-Nieke, kfo@uke.uni-hamburg.de, German Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Gauri Vichare, dr.vichare@vsnl.com, Indian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Emilio Contini, Italian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Yasuuhiko Asai, y_asai5 @yyb.ne.jp; info@asai-kyousei.com, Japanese Orthodontic Board

Dr. Sang-Cheol Kim, sangkim@wonkwang.ac.kr, Korean Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Ricardo Ramos Trevino, rramos@uacj.mx, Mexican Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Ermelinda Sabater-Galang, lindagalang@gmail.com, Philippine Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Yeong-Charng Yen, yencharn@ms46.hinet.net, Taiwan Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Somchai Satravaha, samsunshine5@yahoo.com, Thai Board of Orthodontics

E-mail Addresses for Members of the Committee on National and Regional Boards:

Dr. Stefan Affolter, info@stefanaffolter.ch, European Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Nasib Balut, nbalut@prodigy.net.mx, Mexican Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Gauri Vichare,  gvichare@vsnl.com, Indian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Mauro Cozzani, maurocozzani@libero.it, Italian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Yasuhiko Asai, y_asai5@yyb.ne.jp, Japanese Orthodontic Board

Dr. Barbel Kahl-Nieke, kfo@uke.uni-hamburg.de, German Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Patricia Lambrey, p.lambrey@wanadoo.fr, French Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Allen H. Moffitt, ahm@murray-ky.net, American Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Ermelinda Sabater-Galang, lindagalang@gmail.com, Philippine Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Somchai Satravaha, samsunshine5@yahoo.com, Thai Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Anthony Shields, tshields@bigpond.net.au, Australasian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Yeong-Charng Yen, yencharn@ms46.hinet.net, Taiwan Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Estelio Zen, esteliozen@gmail.com, Brazilian Board of Orthodontics

Dr. Abbas Zaher, azaher@idsc.net.eg, WFO vice president

Dr. Roberto Justus, rojustus@mexis.com, Chair of the Committee on National and Regional Boards and WFO Executive Committee representative